When Mnangagwa took over in 2017, he promised a new type of politics that is inclusive and touted as the panacea to the much-needed economic growth
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By Newsday 3h ago
Zimbabwe should quickly ride on this wave and start doing something about the 90% of the waste which is not being exploited to improve livelihoods and the southern African nation’s economy.
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By Newsday 21h ago
If true, this is one of the country’s biggest conspiracies that should shake our government to the core.
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By Newsday Jun. 6, 2023
Mangudya is certainly trying his best to pretend that the currency mess is someone else’s problem that will just disappear.
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By Newsday Jun. 5, 2023
Mnangagwa bombed the train while working under a group called the Crocodile Gang, one of the early initiatives that led to an all-out civil war to liberate present day Zimbabwe from colonial rule.
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By Newsday Jun. 3, 2023
This warped mentality should never be given the chance to proliferate during the coming election.
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By Newsday Jun. 2, 2023
However, Harare did not take kindly to the tweets and has urged the US to “refrain from posting such messages in the spirit of re-engagement”.
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By Newsday Jun. 1, 2023
Also most disturbing is that Zec has only afforded registered voters one week to inspect the voters roll,
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By Newsday May. 31, 2023
It is, however, very sad and unfortunate that the law appears not to be taking its course given that such conduct is a serious indictment on the credibility of this year’s polls.
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By Newsday May. 30, 2023
The fact that Mnangagwa narrowly won against Chamisa in the 2018 elections and his win had to be certified by the courts should have informed Mnangagwa that Chamisa has a large constituency
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By Newsday May. 29, 2023
On the parallel market, the Zimbabwe dollar depreciated almost similarly by 33% to $4 000, against the greenback, in the same timeframe.
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By Newsday May. 26, 2023
Thinking that Mnangagwa will usher in a democratic Zimbabwe given the chaotic manner in which Zanu PF held its primary elections in March is far-fetched.
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By Newsday May. 24, 2023
Let us not forget one of their favourite taglines: “Chinhu Chedu”, although the Constitution disagrees since Zimbabwe belongs to everyone.
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By Newsday May. 23, 2023
For the cattle, we are sure he would have gained one to several voters in this year’s plebiscite if he had told us that he had imported the cattle to improve the country’s breeds.
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By Newsday May. 22, 2023
Zanu PF has made many errors and mistakes, and for whatever reason, its leaders keep repeating them over and over again.
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By Newsday May. 20, 2023
The RTGS prices one sees displayed on supermarket shelves will have been “adjusted” upwards by the time one gets to the teller to pay.
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By Newsday May. 19, 2023
The largest outbreak recorded in Zimbabwe, which was also one of the largest ever in Africa, occurred during the 2008-09 period, where 98 592 cases were reported, with 4 288 deaths.
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By Newsday May. 18, 2023
This is quite an interesting development which we do not seek to question
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By Newsday May. 17, 2023
Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo told parliamentarians last week that it was illegal for schools to reject Zimdollar fees payments
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By Newsday May. 16, 2023
The same measure was again declared in 2018 and other times in the past, which makes it quite clear why Zimbabwe’s manufacturers have been unable to walk out of their cribs.
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By Newsday May. 15, 2023
So yes, the government’s latest intervention is now threatening job losses at a time when the Zanu PF-run government is promising to create jobs to try and secure votes.
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By Newsday May. 13, 2023
The latest is self-made and exposes everything that is rotten about this administration and its leaders that are turning the country into a haven of corruption without shame.
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By Newsday May. 12, 2023
The Gwayi-Shangani Dam would have been completed in December 2021
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By Newsday May. 11, 2023
Along the way gold coins and more recently gold-backed digital tokens have been introduced to prop up the useless local currency.
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By Newsday May. 10, 2023
While Mnangagwa was perched in a corner right at the back, this was conveniently done, in our view, so as not to trigger a public outcry.
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By Newsday May. 9, 2023
The distraught parents are being forced to source the US dollars on the parallel market where rates have shot through the roof.
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By Newsday May. 8, 2023
Instead of investigating the scandal, the actors seem keen to sweep it under the carpet, blame, deflect and lie.
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By Newsday May. 6, 2023
In fact, all dissenting voices in Zimbabwe or any place or country are not safe when Lady Justice has fallen.
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By Newsday May. 5, 2023
The sad thing about this whole situation is that government does not or will not accept its failure considering elections are around the corner.
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By Newsday May. 4, 2023
Sweden reportedly has the least road accident deaths at two people per 100 000.
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By Newsday May. 3, 2023
As we speak, Zimbabwe is probably among the nations whose workers are migrating to seek greener pastures simply because they are not being fairly rewarded back home.
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By Newsday May. 2, 2023
We find it quite difficult, if not impossible, to see the link between the gold-backed tokens and the Zimbabwe dollar which is losing its value at a hair-raising speed.
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By Newsday May. 1, 2023
Zimbabweans were fed up by Mnangagwa’s failure to live up to pre-election pledges to fight rampant corruption and kick-start economic growth.
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By Newsday Apr. 29, 2023
Specifically, he reassured guests that the skyrocketing prices of goods and services happening in the market reflected the store of value demand for foreign currency.
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By Newsday Apr. 28, 2023
Even a government of national unity from 2009 to 2013 failed to heal the mutual animosity between Zanu PF and the opposition
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By Newsday Apr. 27, 2023
From the look of things, the plant’s performance appears to be now worse than before its rehabilitation.
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By Newsday Apr. 26, 2023
Civil servants unions have rightly asked: “How can administrators enforce a good work ethic on the juniors who earn more than them?”
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By Newsday Apr. 24, 2023
Government should be ashamed of announcing such ridiculous prices and hope that farmers will keep producing to feed the nation while being paid peanuts.
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By Newsday Apr. 24, 2023
Lying 160km northwest of the capital Harare, Mt Darwin was the beneficiary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new policy to “leave no one and no place behind”.
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By Newsday Apr. 22, 2023
This is especially shocking considering that the allegations made in the documentary series involve the country’s apex bank, the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
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By Newsday Apr. 21, 2023
Private sector employers, especially in the farming, informal and domestic sectors, are simply duplicating government’s labour practices and riding roughshod over their workforce.
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By Newsday Apr. 19, 2023
The day did not come on a silver platter though.
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By Newsday Apr. 18, 2023
However, while we remain unwaveringly hopeful for a better future, it is quite concerning to realise that on this journey we appear not to be moving as a family.
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By Newsday Apr. 17, 2023
Mnangagwa said the government was trying to create a sustainable investor friendly business environment.
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By Newsday Apr. 15, 2023
Given the tough life evident on the country’s streets, in high-density suburbs and villages — one can only imagine the horrors and hell the country’s prisoners are enduring
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By Newsday Apr. 14, 2023
Zec should by all means avoid a situation whereby electoral stakeholders question its conduct and independence.
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By Newsday Apr. 13, 2023
Through their warnings, they hoped that humanity would by all means necessary jealously protect the globe’s available precious freshwater resource for posterity.
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By Newsday Apr. 12, 2023
The Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development (Zimcodd) rightly points out that the civil servants’ salary increase should have been backdated to January for it to make sense.
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By Newsday Apr. 11, 2023
He is clearly a blue-eyed boy of the First Citizen of this country, who gifted him with an award — the Best Gold Buyer of the Year for 2021.
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By Newsday Apr. 10, 2023
Constitutionally, they are supposed to uphold the country’s laws and the dignity of their subjects.
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By Newsday Apr. 8, 2023